IPL Live / Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets

In the 18th match of the 13th season of IPL, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets. For the first time in the season, a team has won the match by chasing in Dubai. Earlier there were 7 matches on this ground, in which only the team batting first won. The match saw an unbeaten 181-run partnership between Chennai opener Shane Watson (83) and Faf du Plessis (87). This is the biggest partnershi

Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 04, 2020, 11:20 PM
In the 18th match of the 13th season of IPL, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets. For the first time in the season, a team has won the match by chasing in Dubai. Earlier there were 7 matches on this ground, in which only the team batting first won. The match saw an unbeaten 181-run partnership between Chennai opener Shane Watson (83) and Faf du Plessis (87). This is the biggest partnership for the first wicket from Chennai.

Earlier, Mike Hussey and Murali Vijay had a 159-run opening partnership for Chennai against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2011. At the same time, du Plessis made his 15th and Watson placed 20th in the IPL.


Chennai's second win in the season

CSK has played 5 matches so far in the season. Chennai had defeated Mumbai Indians in the opening match of the season. After this, Chennai had to face defeat in 3 consecutive matches. Chennai have 4 points with a second win.


Dhoni was the second wicket-keeper to have taken 100 catches in the IPL.

Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has named another record. He has become the second wicketkeeper to catch 100 catches in the IPL. He made this achievement as soon as he caught Punjab captain Rahul during the match. Just ahead of Dhoni, Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik (103 catches) is.


Rahul put his 18th fifty in the league

Punjab scored 178 runs losing 4 wickets. Captain Lokesh Rahul scored the highest 63 off 52 balls and Nicholas Puran scored 33 off 17 balls. This is the 18th fifty in Rahul's league. Apart from these, Mandeep Singh played a quick innings of 27 off 16 balls and Mayank Agarwal also scored 26 runs off 19 balls.


Puran and Rahul out on consecutive balls

At the same time, Shardul Thakur took 2 wickets for Chennai, while Ravindra Jadeja and Piyush Chawla got 1-1 wickets. Shardul dismissed Rahul and Puran for 2 consecutive balls. He caught Puran out of Jadeja and then Rahul to Dhoni. Earlier, Jadeja got Mandeep caught out by Ambati Rayudu. At the same time, Mayank was caught by Piyush Chawla's ball by Sam Karan. There was a 61-run opening partnership between Mayank and Rahul.


3 changes in Punjab's playing eleven

Captain Rahul has made three changes in the Punjab team. Karun Nair, Krishnappa Gautham and Jimmy Neesham were dropped. Mandeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Chris Jordan replaced him in the squad. There was no change in the Chennai team.


Foreign players in both teams

CSK featured foreign players Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo and Sam Karan. While Punjab's playing XI has foreign players like Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Jordan and Sheldon Cottrell.


Chennai-Punjab expensive players

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most expensive player in CSK. The franchise will give them Rs 15 crore a season. He is followed by Kedar Jadhav, who will get Rs 7.80 crore this season. At the same time, Captain Lokesh Rahul is the most expensive player in Punjab with a price of 11 crores and Glenn Maxwell 10.75 crores.


Chennai became 3 time champion

Chennai, captained by Dhoni, won the title twice in 2010 and 2011 in a row. The last time this team became champions in 2018. Chennai has also been the runner-up of the IPL 5 times (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019). At the same time, Punjab is still waiting for its first title.